Page 105 of The Echo of Forever
“Nah. Ain’t nothing that important for me to do that to you…” His entire face was screwed up in disgust. “That ring not a joke, huh?”
I held my hand out and admired the deep princess-cut red diamond. They were rare, and I wanted to know who my husband sourced them from, ‘cause there wasn’t a soul dealing in rare diamonds in our city.
“It’s very serious. And I think I might love him already, so I need my big brother’s help with something.”
Kai grinned.
“You’ve never laid it on this thick before, Forever. I can’t do anything but help now. Except…” he leaned back. “That doesn’t let you off the hook with my favor.”
His frown returned, and it hit me that his irritation had nothing to do with our dad.
“Which family’s loan is in default? And for how long?”
The two things he hated most were losing money and liars.
“Destiny and Seo-Yeon borrowed jointly…” he leaned back. “And we’re coming up on the fourth missed payment in a year. That was after two deadline extensions.”
I hummed, thinking about what Demetrius learned. Had to be connected to their secret meetings.
The LaPortes weren’t broke. As for Jayden and his family, they weren’t rolling in it like others thought. His dad was no good with money, and Seo-Yeon more than likely kept a private fund she used for personal expenses, not business ventures.
“I’ve told you about loaning to families close to ours, but it’s your lucky day. Send the loan contracts to Carmen, and I’ll handle it.”
He waved my little lecture off.
“That’s why I have a sister who can do my bidding when it’s a little trickier than normal. Now what do you need from me?”
I slide the hard drive Lucien gave me across the table.
“Make a few friends for me.”
At first, the plan had been to give Millicent’s position to Oliver and let Kai play the face for the public. But my brother had a gift, and getting people to talk was one of them.
I also felt Oliver would prefer to be somewhere else, so keeping Millicent close was our only option for now.
Make her a little stir crazy and then use it to our advantage.
“That’s easy. What am I looking for?”
I stood after checking the time; there was still one last stop for me to make.
“Anybody who talks freely about the Fairchild family. Good, bad, or indifferent, I want to know, especially if they’re low in rank.”
The lower the rank, the easier to manipulate.
“When do I get to officially meet my brother-in-law?”
I thought about it for a second.
“Do you really want to?”
He frowned and met me by the door.
“Fuck is wrong with you? We might move a little differently than normal siblings, but I love you regardless. So, yeah, I wanna meet my baby sister’s husband. Not the rejector, but the man who managed to tame your crazy ass.”
I chuckled and pulled the door open, feeling brand new all of a sudden.
Is this what my life was like before the job went bad?
